Michelle Williams And Phil Elverum Split Less Than A Year Into Marriage

By Katrina NattressApr 20, 2019

Less than a year after getting married, Michelle Williams and Phil Elverum have split. As Peoplereports, the couple separated at the beginning of 2019. It was an amicable spilt and they remain friends,” a source close to them told the publication.

"Obviously I've never once talked about a relationship, but Phil isn't anyone else. And that's worth something. Ultimately, the way he loves me is the way I want to live my life on the whole. I work to be free inside of the moment. I parent to let Matilda be free to herself, and I am finally loved by someone who makes me feel free."

Matilda is the 12-year-old daughter Williams shared with the late Heath Ledger. Elverum's story is similar, as he, too, was forced to raise a child alone after the loss of a spouse. His wife, musician Geneviève Castrée, passed away in 2016 after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, leaving him to raise their 18-month-old daughter as a single parent.